Baby-jumper.



APPLICATION FILED AP-R. 19. 1905.

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PATENTED DEG. 11, '1906.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 19.11906.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroEr HOMER C. BENNER, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO BENNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYL- VANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

BABY-JUMPER.l

Patented Dec. 1 1, 190e.

Application filed April 19,1905. Serial 110.256,430.

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOMER C. BENNEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baby-Jumpers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of devices for the support or carrying of infants wherein the movements of the child produce movements of the device.

The objects of these improvementsl are, first, to produce a baby jumper that can be actuated automatically either vertically, transversely, or both, by movements of the child; second, to provide a construction by which the baby-jumper can be used without the employment of any special frame; third, to have a vertical adjustment for the apparatus carrying the safety-guard, and, fourth, to provide a vertical adjustment of the seat in relation to the safety-guard.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, as hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the'baby-jumper and its supports Fig. 2, a vertical section through broken line A of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a rear view of the safety-guard and seat; Fig. 4, a top plan view of the safety-guard and seat, and Fig. 5 a top perspective view of the same. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the straps supporting the seat from the safety-guard; Fig. 7, a bottom view of the connection of one of the supports with the safety-guard; Fig. 8, a top plan view of a modification of the attachment thereto of one of the supports of the safety-guard; Fig. 9, a bottom plan view of said modification; Fig. 10, a perspective view of the means for adjusting the hanger-ropes, and Fig. 11 a section on broken line B of Fig. 4.

Similar numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the details of the drawings, 1 indicates the posts of a door, to which are detachably attached hanger ropes or cords 2, the connectionsbetween said hanger-ropes and the door-posts comprising coiled springs 3, having on their upper ends eyes 4, adapted to take over hooks 5, attached to said doorposts. Hanger-ropes 2 are looped to springs 3, and their length can be adjusted by friction-buckles 6 of ordinary construction.

7 indicates a ring, called for the purposes of this specification a safety-guard, to prevent the child or baby from falling from the seat, to be described. Each of the hangerropes 2 has a loop 8 formed at its lower end. The folds or sides of loops 8 pass through holes 9 in safety-guard 7 and the bottoms of said loops through screw-eyes 10 on the under side of said safety-guard. For each loop a screw-eye is located adjacent to each hole 9, and between them a third screw-eye is located, as shown in Fig. `7. each hanger-rope after being passed upward above the safety-guard is firmly secured to the main part of said rope, as fully illustrated. in the drawings. Another way of attaching loops 8 is to pass the folds thereof outside of and around the periphery of the safetyguard, as seen in Figs. 8 and 9, which loops are also attached to said safety-guard by means of screw-eyes similar to screw-eyes 10. This latter is thought to be the preferable mode ofconnection, as it widens the base of the supporting members and increases the stability of safety-guard 7.

11 indicates a rigid seat supported from the safety-guard by three straps 12. The lower ends of each of these straps are secured to the under side of said seat, while the upper ends thereof pass through staples 13, secured to the bottom of safety-guard 7, the free ends 19 being connected with the ends supporting the seat by buckles 15. The buckles are permanently attached to free ends 19 of the straps, the other portions of the straps passing loosely through the frames of the buckles and having therein series of holes adapted to be engaged by the tongues of the buckles, whereby vertical adjustment of the seat relative to the safety-guard can be made.

Seat 11 has a tongue 16 projecting from the front thereof, and one of the straps 12 is attached to the outer end of said tongue and The free end of IOO the other two straps to the back of the seat at or about the beginning of the side curves thereof. This tongue affords lateral support to the legs of the infant occupying the seat, and discomfort is prevented by connecting the edges of the seat and of the tongue by curves, as shown. The use of straps for supporting the seat is also of advantage, as upon contact of the person of the infant with them the straps, being flexible, yield to the pressure. Another advantage of the construction is that as the ends of the loops of straps 12,

passing through the staples 13, have the buckles 15 secured thereto, the frames of which buckles embrace the bodies of the straps, as described, no detachment of the seat from the safety-guard could occur through the breaking or detachment of the tongues of any or all of the buckles, as the frames of said buckles would engage against staples 13 and prevent separation of the seat from said safety-guard.

I do not restrict myself to the details of construction herein shown and described, as it is obvious that many alterations can be made therein Without departing from the principle and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent7 is 4 In a baby-jumper, the combination, of a body-ring supported upon suitable hangers, each of said hangers being attached to said ring at a point in front and also at' a point in the rear of a transverse central line of said ring, the cord composing said hangers being secured to the under side of said ring and outside of the line of the opening therein, and a seat formed with a wide rear portion and a narrow forward portion with concave sides between said two portions, said seat beingy suspended from said ring by a single adjustable strap attached to its front end and connected to an attaching device in the under side of said ring and two adjustable straps secured to its rear side at a distance apart and connected to attaching devices secured at corresponding points on the under side of said body-ring, substantially as set forth.

HOMER C. BENNER.

Witnesses:

T. ROBERTS APPEL, s WM. R. GERHART. 

